Family fun
With so many fun things to do, even the big kids can get away with returning to childhood in Canberra.
Here are just some of the great things to do for families.
Top five things for kids to do in Canberra:
1. Freefall six metres down a vertical slide at Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre
2. Go on a special kids’ tour at the National Zoo and Aquarium to see tigons, cheetahs, bears, monkeys and giraffes
3. Take a tour with an elite athlete at the Australian Institute of Sport and test your skills at virtual rowing, wheelchair basketball and more
4. Play in the cubby houses at the National Museum of Australia
5. Tower over the miniature buildings at Cockington Green Gardens and take a ride on the mini steam train.
- Australian Institute of Sport’s Sportex exhibition and tour with an athlete
- Australian War Memorial’s Discovery Room
- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
- Cockington Green Gardens
- CSIRO Discovery Centre
- National Museum of Australia’s KSpace or Our Place
- National Zoo and Aquarium’s kids tour
- Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre
- Royal Australian Mint
- Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
